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It will be interesting to see no matter our political bias how this works in practice, if this really is beneficial / 'progressive' *shudder* it will be considered as a serious option but as you say vested interests will be a significant hindrance.

Fair enough I just noticed the Corbynista/Labour right or wrong element on NSC were supportive hence my confusion.

Ah yes that sounds entirely plausible creating large scale dependency on the state is the ultimate aim of socialism after all.

I can see the theoretical appeal but in practise we already have tax credits morphing into Universal credit, plus the incoming living wage, plus record numbers in employment/ relatively low unemployment . Will any transition to a basic national income system mean some of the poorest will be...

Thanks for the links, aren't they the exception though? I can't see how 'the right' would be in favour of this. It is the antithesis of everything they believe in.

Very true

This scheme sounds like a Socialist's wet dream the state funding everyone ???